Studies And Notes

Catalogue with Notes of Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice

International And Area Studies Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam

Syllabus: 1. International and Area Studies: Major concepts, scope, and nature of International Relations and Area Studies. 2. Theories of IR and Area Studies: Realist, Liberal, Marxist, and Critical Theories of IR and Area Studies. 3. Approaches: Western and Non-Western; and Power Politics: Balance of Power, Geopolitics, Bipolarity, Unipolarity, Multipolarity and Polycentrism. 4. State and Non-State Actors in IR and Area Studies. 5. Emergence of nation states and nationalism; and the Pre-World War I International System. 6. The Inter-War Period; and the Post-World War II Period (Cold War). 7. Decolonisation, Global South and International Politics; and Post-Cold War International Relations. 8. Impact of Globalisation on the evolution of International Relations and Area Studies. 9. Changing Patterns of World Order: Unipolarity, Bipolarity, Multipolarity and Polycentrism; and the Role of Major Powers: US, Russia, China, Japan, India and EU. 10. Globality, Globalism and Globalisation: Concepts and interconnections. 11. Democratisation and the World Order. 12. Science, Technology and Global Order. 13. Concepts, components and models of National and International Security; and the Evolution of Strategic Thoughts: Kautilya, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Antonio Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz. 14. Continued Evolution of Strategic Thoughts: H. Mackinder, A.T. Mahan, G. Douhet, William Mitchell, Alexander de Seversky, H. Kissinger. 15. Evolution of Strategic Doctrines: Massive Retaliation, Deterrence, Flexible Response, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), NMD. 16. Evolution of India’s Security Policies and Nuclear and Maritime Doctrines. 17. New Modes of Warfare: Conventional, Low Intensity Conflicts, Information and Communication warfare, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare, Revolution in Military Affairs. 18. Non-Traditional Security Threats: Food and Health Security, Energy Security, Environmental Security, Gender Security, Human Security, Cyber Security and Terrorism; and Conflict Resolution and Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament. 19. Role of International Organisations in International Peace and Security, Development cooperation and Democratisation. 20. United Nations: Role, Relevance, and Reforms. 21. Global Governance: Issues and Challenges of global commons; and Regional and Sub-regional Organisations. 22. Impact of Globalisation on International Organisations and Global Governance; and International Law as an instrument of global governance. 23. Evolution of Objectives and Principles of India’s Foreign Policy. 24. India’s Relations with Neighbourhood and Extended Neighbourhood; and India and Major Powers: US, Russia, China, Japan, and EU. 25. India’s Look East and Act East Policy; and India’s Engagement with International and Regional Organisations. 26. Role of India’s Soft Power in its Foreign Policy. 27. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, nationalism and independence movements. 28. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; and Post-Independence developments: Political Regimes. 29. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security; Regional Territorial and Maritime Issues, Role of Extra-regional Powers. 30. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Regional Trade, Development Cooperation and Strategic Partnership: IORA, SAARC, ASEAN, ARF, APEC, BIMSTEC, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation etc.; and Impact of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG). 31. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, nationalism and independence movements. 32. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; Post-Independence developments: Political Regimes; and Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security. 33. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Regional conflicts and issues and role of extra-regional powers; Regional Trade, Development Cooperation and Strategic Partnership; and Impact of Globalisation. 34. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Nationalism, Industrial Revolution and State building. 35. Europe between two World Wars; and Alliances and Accords in Europe: NATO, WARSAW PACT, Helsinki Accord, EU etc. 36. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security, Migration refugees and Ethnic Problems. 37. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Trade, Development cooperation and Strategic Partnerships; Role of US in Europe; and Impact of Globalisation. 38. The Americas: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, Nationalism and Independence Movements. 39. The Americas: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; and Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security. 40. The Americas: Regional conflicts and Issues: Role of US and Extra-regional Powers; Regional trade, development cooperation and strategic partnership; and Globalisation and its impact.

Northwest Anthropological Research Notes

The Marmes Burial Casts - Gary S. Breschini Oldest Human Remains from the Marmes Site - Grover S. Krantz The Association Between Anthropogenic Prairies and Important Food Plants in Western Washington - Helen H. Norton A Note on Archaeological Sites Mentioned by Lewis and Clark in the North Bonneville Area, Washington - Robert C. Dunnell Trampling as an Agency in the Formation of Edge Damage: An Experiment in Lithic Technology - J. Jeffrey Flenniken and James C. Haggarty The Stock of the European Sale Shop at Fort Vancouver, 1829-1860 - Harvey W. Steele